Значення
значень: 5The act of bequeathing or leaving by will.
The transfer of property upon the owner's death according to the will of the deceased.
Testament
завещаниеzaveščanije
запові́тzapovít
(law) a gift of personal property by will
That which is left by will; a legacy.
That which has been handed down or transmitted.
A person's inheritance; an amount of property given by will.
Erbschaft
насле́дствоnaslédstvo
спа́докspádok, спа́дщинаspádščyna
Приклади
речень: 3Did the bequest cover the cost of recruiting a professor?
His generous bequest enabled the church to continue funding the youth group.
He left a large bequest to the Mozilla Foundation.
deEr hat der Mozilla-Stiftung ein großes Vermögen vermacht.
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Походження
From Middle English biqueste, bequeste (“will, testament, bequest”), from be- + quiste, quFrom Middle English biqueste, bequeste (“will, testament, bequest”), from be- + quiste, queste (“saying, utterance, testament, will, legacy”), from Old English *cwist, *cwiss (“saying”) (compare Old English andcwiss, ġecwis, uncwisse, etc.), from Proto-Germanic *kwissiz (“saying”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- (“to say”). Related to Old English andcwiss (“answer, reply”), Old English uncwisse (“dumb, mute”), Middle English bequethen (“to bequeath”). Not related to quest, which is from Latin. More at quoth, bequeath.
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множина: bequestsСиноніми
синонімів: 4- (law) a gift of personal property by will:legacy